The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-22 00:00:00

OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Mr. Ward is, we observe, to call the atterdien 'of the IT-louse this day to the petition Ines's:wed 1);y bine from Ma Ins andeCalcetta against the Act of the past India Legis .atiee Council, No. 11 of 18:36. The Act in ;restive eas occasioned considerable dissatisfaction end excitement :n Bengal and Madras, more especially in Benni e in the :ntcrior of which presileneyelie greatcet number of reeidint Europeans are to be fettnii. The signatures to the peti iien are not however exclw.ively European, for about one leurth of them are those of natives, tneny of them, we ere as,eired, amongst the most opulent, respectable, and influ ential of that hotly in India, It is no easy matter to Ob tain a heareig iii this country for Indian questions. `Many causes hare contribuLd to this reluctance n'e the part o f the public to ewer en Indiae subjects. ; but into thee:, c3 , es we (10 tot prop( ee at present to enter. Ai: we have to ebserve is, that Mr. Ward w ill 1., e l?rt, :ga t., he obtain front the HOUFC thee 'del sl.leri..tten ef the case (A . the %eetitioncrs to wljeln from its nisporta nce , it weuld seem to be eatitled, The csse, as we father it f rom the Parliamentery papers, and some remarks " the shave of a pamphlet by Mr. Turton, the ag,ent of the Petitioners in this country, appears to be this :—On the re newal of the charter of the East India Co:npany in 1813, it ores provided by. the Act 53 Geo. 111., c. 15,5, sec. 107, Met at any place in the pros ince mere than ten miles from the presidencies, British-burn subje,ts should be amenable in civil cases at the suit of a native to the jurisdiction of the civil judge in the district where such British subjects re sided, with an appeal to the King's Supreme Court of the Presidencies, wherever an appeal would have been allowed by the regulations, if the parties had been natives, to the chief Court of the Company, called the Sadder Dewany Adaulut. This, the petitioners say, was all that was neces sary, and all that was desired by the natives. But by an act of the local Legislature, called No. 11. of 1836, this clause is repealed, and jurisdiction is given over all persons whatever to the Company's Courts, which only allow of an appeal to the Sadder Dewany Adaultit, from whence there is no appeal to the Privy Council unless the matter is of the value of about 3,0001., whereas from the Supreme Court an appeal lies to the Privy Council in all cases of the value of 4001. It is contended that this is contrary to the Act of Wm. IV., c. 85, sec. 43, as affecting a prero- gative of the Crown, with which the Local Government were, by the last-mentioned clause, prohibited from med dling. The British-born petitioners contend that they are only subject to English law in cases between themselves and where they are defendants. That this is only the ad vantage which the Hindoos and Mahomedans enjoy, and they ask no exclusive privileges to themselves, being per fectly be amenable, to submit to that which is for the common benefit of all; but they contend that this advantage is taken from them by the Local Act in question, and that nothing has thereby been in reality obtained by na tives. They contend further, that under this Act there , is no case either between natives and Englishmen, or amongst Englishmen themselves, however intricate, which could come before the Courts of Chancery, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, or the Courts in Doctors' Commons, in England, that might not come before the judges, whether native or European, of the provincial coarts in India. They say, moreover, that the native judges have no knowled ge of the English language, man ners, or laws, and that the Company's judges have no legal education ; but, as we gather from a letter amongst the Parliamentary papers from the Secretary to the Indian Government to the petitioners in Calcutta, that Govern ment "leans to rest its justification of this act on the asser tion, that under the clause of the 53d Geo. 111., repealed by this local Act, British-born subjects were liable to the law of the Indian local regulations, and this Act makes no difference in the law, and merely changes the ap pellate jurisdiction from the Queen's Supreme Courts to the Comp any ' s . T his is directly denied by the petitioners, and they say, moreover, that even if it were so, the Suprem e Courts have no arrears of business, and the Company's Co ur t s h eavy arrears ; and that even if the assertion were correct, the alteration in the appeal was needless and. uncalled for, and that there are no laws or rules in the regulations relating to matters in which Bri tish subjects are concerned ; and consequently in the ab sence of such laws and rules there will be no guide but that which is directed to be pursued where none are prescribed by the regulations, namely, the mule of equity and good conscience—so that a case between two Pritisk subjects, relating to marriage, divorce, wills, or succession to pro perty, map under this law be determined according to the equity aed good-conscience notions of the Hindoo or Maho niedan Judge who is ignorant of English manners, habits, and, unaees, and cannot speak or decipher one word in the Eng lish language. Such are the statements of the petitioners, itd in Mr. Ward they will have an able advocate: e ourselves are not sufficiently masters of the questio. be able to speak confidently on it. Nay, we will sa , further, that from our experience of the great ability 04 those entrusted by the East India Company with the su i ej perintende nce o f a d m i n i strat i ve and judicial matters nii India, to say nothing of the check of the Board of Con trol, we are slow to believe the Company in the wrong. There may he good reasons for giving the Local Courts cognizance of all causes, either between Englishmen and natives, or between Englishmen and Englishmen, and making the appeal to the Sudder Dewany Adaulut from these Local Courts final in ail cases under 5,0001. The expense of an appeal to the Privy Council for cases of 4001. (allowed in the Supreme Court) may enable the rich to oppress the man in less affluent circumstances. On the other hand we can well believe the petitioners when they say that the cases in India in which there is an appeal to the Privy Council, are tried with a very different degree of care and ability from those in which the Courts know that there is no eye on them. All we wish is that the question may obtain the attention to which it is entitled. The right of the Imperial Legislature to legislate for India, and to control the Acts of the Local Government, is expressly reserved by Act W. 4, c. 85, sec. 51 ; and it remains to be seen, after hearing the case of the petitioners, and the way in which .it may be met by Ministers, whether the House deem this a proper occasion for exercising their power of controlling the Indian Government.—Morning Chronicle. The Ministerial print which so lately undertook the ad vocacy' of Mr. O'Connell for that ' cross attack up on th e gentry of G reat B r i ta i n, f or which, notwithstanding the various attempts of Ministers to save him, he was repri manded by the Speaker, has now taken upon itself the equally hopeless task of defending the bad law of election Committees, three instances of which, in the Reading and the Walsall, we on Tuesday brought under public notice. The defence is a curious one, or we should not have no teed it. Of one case, that in which the Reading Committee decided that a man who had moved from one house toanother since the registration still retained his qualification, no notice whatever is taken, probably out of respect. for Lord Denman, who in her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench has decided the contrary of that proposition to be the .le w. Upon a second case, where the same Committee held hat the proof of the birth of a man in a forei:in countrn, the child of French parents, the proof being given by the iron's brother, who was actually in the house when he was ____ irn - n, was insufficient evidence that the man was an alien' A REMARKABLE CHARACTER.—PhiIip Davi s the following observation is m a d e ;----'°lt were easy to show was born at Plymouth about 1797. When six years old he that the decision of the Committee was right in law and in ' lost his sight, an d a t twelve was taken i n t o th e Blind Asylum face of it carries equity; but it is n not wo r th our w hil e to refute what on the in Bristol wher he fiears.' H now foy-one. Oa its olvn answer." Wh a t d oes t hi s pas- his return, to his e native was tow ve nh y e e set up in is the trade rt of basket sage meen ? A re we to infer from it, as was indeed , m :king, which he had l earne d i n the Asylum, and being an argued by C ounse l , that a search should h ave been made ' expert workman maintainea hi mse lf respectably, and was era at the Home-office into the registry of aliens? Suppose I ployed by the contractor to supply the dockyard with bas such a search had been made, in sp:te of impediments heti. It was the custom of his fellow-workmen for one of them thrown in the way of it at that office similar to those op- occasionally to read aloud one of the journals or magazines. posed t o th e searc h b y the agent of the G'onservalive peti- This , with their conversations, gave him an ardent desire to tioners in the London ease, it would have furnished the in- visit objects and places with which he had thus been made cc quaihted ; and at the age of twenty-eight he travelled on foot lormation already jlsteined from the examination of the and by alone to Ex l et e r, a distance of forty-two miles, and this witness. Such searele therefore, was unnecessary ; indeed, n m o o t r‘ be sequestered.o sua ii highway, rn bta . t across s s Dartmoor,l ever since the Middlesex case, it has been an established localities, anc d eter about ten h. ny l s, to mile that where a person has been proved to have been horn obialu alnowledge of ° the re abroad, the ones lies upon him to prove himself naturalised, lations of the streets, which he still' r a e n tain t s he as ge Z r l ap as ic o a t the otherwise the person objecting t o th e vote wou ld have to va " ious roads between that city and Plymouth. Whenever prove a negative. Upon the Walsall decision, by far the most any discovery was made in the neighbouring quarries, objectionable in point of law of any which has been given or any singular 'occurrence took place, he rarely failed this Session by a Committee sitting on an English elect to become acquainted, by personal observation, with the various localities connected pith the circumstances. He tion, ant. ) , which prevents the removal from the poll of those "W 1 1() nave lost their qualifications, unless they have answered teas t in o the cci constantdeot ever hhearb(!itio,ifm.n walkingorthough s s obligedthe f l o t e o to s bathe, h l a question which the Reform Act enables, but does not among yer'a the rocks, did he miss his way, or fail to return r t a o m th e e require, candidates or persons on their behalf to have put spot '.here he had left his clothes. With his augmented pow_ to voters before polling, we are asked, " What is there ors, and the confidence inspired by these exertions his desire of trange in this decision ?" and are informed that "at the exploring increased, and he obtained a passage to Liverpool by very same hour Sir Robert Peel ruled the very same point her Majesty's frigate Lavine, in July, 1835. He proceeded ha the Evesham Committee, and accompanied his decision from thence to Dublin, soon returned to Liverpool, and after_ with the remark, ' that it was very desirable that every wards travelled mostly on foot to York, Hull, and through the m uppertunity s h ou ld b e ta k en at the poll to inquire into the midland counties to his home, having been absent 12 mont h s, rights of parti es t o vote , an d t h at the third question and travelled nearly 600 miles. H e came t o London by a st eamer a few weeks ago, and has since been busy inlearni fi n o g d th h e i vari. ought therefore always to be put.' " We will assume that this opinion of Sir Robert Peel has been correctly re- ous a lo d ea f lities d ?f the metropolis. He an li ealcanost already ioeredible facility. ported. It is the opinion of one whose judgment and ex- of the weirto. wded streets m disturb him, and ly. 1;1:no i r s e e m an and distant points, perience upon matters of home or foreign policy are most he therefore prefers walking at night. Like most persons in valuable. But we have here aq y uestion of l aw , which we a strange place he asks his wa, p it advisabl and if an accurate descrition have reason for knowing was not argued, so me eircum- be given to him he rarely f a il s t o fi n d i t rea dil y . Hi s sense stance probably rendering e not further to press of tench, both in the feet and hands, is singularly acute, so the matter ; and we feel well assured that Sir Rob er t that the diff erent i mpress i ons conveyed by the ground enable Peel's decision, if preceded by such an argument as that him to as cer t a i n p l aces of safety or danger; even on a paved ' addressed afterwards by Mr. 'fliesslger to the Shaftesbury footway_ he ean easily determine his approach to the curb. Large and elevated buildings, gate . ways, openings of streets and Committee, would have been founded upon a sound inter of pa. squares, are all appreciabl e by h im ; ?rotation of the Reform Act, and not upon grounds 1 places and his recollection of such enables him to find his way afterwards without in liey which it is for the Legislator, and not for the Commit quiry. —Bristol Journal. ITALIAN SIIEPIIERDS.—The shepherds who at tee-man, to act upon.—Timer. Our readers will find elsewhere a more detailed report tend the flocks are allowed a rotolo (two pounds) and a half of bread every day, with a due proportion of salt and oil of the meetin g of the Middlesex Magistrates on Tuesday, as seasoning ; they receive, moreover, two ducats every month, than it was in our power to have afforded them in proper i a sheepskin cloak every year, and a daily bowl of fresh milk season. We frankly own that it adds but little to the in- formation we had previously received. With two exeep- during the two first spring months..Cracen's Excursions in tioes the Middlesex Magistrates seem to have been utterly 1 the Abruzzi. THE SUN, LONDON, irnUBSDAY, MARCH 22, 18:18. i , j2TiON COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last night.) SHAFTESBURY. erp , t'Fnertti of sounsel occupied the greater Fart if t he The Committee remained in deiihorati , n with closed deers for Upwards of an hour, and then drcidcd that the cotykl for petinnrr.; ilo pr;;Ceed with their objections, which they ac cordinBly (ltd. HULL ELECTION. The Committee re-assembled at two o'clock, when Flit& tlnnovng,.ll that the parties had been unable to come to any arrzngettlCht. he scrutiny was then proceeded with, siiel hid Co/lowing ranics were struck off the poll of the sitting Member :-- . John / I "'!ig 3 ^ ll , %lion Jacks , :n, Samuel Walton, William Bailey-, and John Newnvirch. The ease of Robert "soon; was under consideration when •he Committee adjourned at a quarter pest four. . ignoresq of bearing of the real question isi - te—thes e tintstions bein g , fi rs t, as t o Wh a t tiolt;r piiblitaliouS es should open and 'rlos'e the working days of the week, and tliSs F.V.!istat at what hour they should k)e. seen elite'veath day of rest, ,`;ts far as Ole 4.rtt iliir,sstion is concerned, every user.-®d r'd'otiler ought to be grateful to Sir P. Leorils arti "Sir Williaais, as well as fro other (tr. their able ad's-matey. With regard to the , secentl, would 2 d?'S 4s' ; ', l ition.:of the Middl'esek nagis trates is eetallitroding tiered: To re.ritin Public-houses from being open .until one c'Zlocs on Sunday need be no matter of le*ia'ative consideration, it being in the pews , : of every 'Licensed Victualler to close hi ban s , on any d , y, and at any hour of meliteni. lie rn:y think fit. Farther, it requires oat even the small sense whichverrtales the body skf Middlesex Magistrates to perceive that if their resolu= riots were carried into effect great damage would not only accrue to publicans in rations districts, but groat ineon verlence to the pohlic at. la -;re. Who is there amongst the smoke-dried citizens of London that does not., during the fine months of the year, employ their hard-earned savings to enjoy the country and its healthful breeze on Suirty—their Only day of rest.? and yet upon this day the MiJdlesex Magistrates, in their infinite sanctity, consent to the passing of a law whiela would prevent them from receiving any rsfresliteent in asy public-house or tavern during their excursion. Is this fair either toasards the town or the country Licensed Victualler ? Is it fair towards the public, for whose benefit and use public-houses were instituted ? Is there to be one law for the poor, and another for the rich ? Are Mr. Basher Beaumont and those who voted with him to have the opportunity of drinking themselves blind drank, out of their own cellars ; while they would prevent the poor man from slaking his thirst with a pint of beer on the road-side ? This is the simple question. Sir J. Williams and Sir Peter Laurie spoke facts to the meet ing most worthy of its attention, but to which it does not appear to have paid any thing like proper attention. In deed, everything, with the exception of what these gentle men uttered, ought to he consigned to the fire department of the County Fire-office, of which Mr. Barber Beaumont is a Director, and, we believe, Chairman.—Morn. Advertiser. The burden of Lord Brougham's song of triumph on Tuesday night, was, that Earl Stanhope had adduced no " proof" of the individual hardships, which he ascribed to the working of the new Poor-law system ! " The charges against the Commissioners," shouted the loquacious Mal thusian. "have all fallen to the ground. They will not brook examination. The new Poor-law system is, in fact, the most beautiful and the most benevolent of systems!" That charges of specific cruelty might, without much diffi culty, be established against sundry of the administrators •of the new Poor-law, we entertain not the slightest doubt : —hut to the establishment of such charges, we should at all times, be disposed to attach the slightest possible importance. The best system may be cruelly adminis tered ;—and if our deep detestation of the new Poor-law had no other source than the occasional cruelty of its admi nistrators, we should have no objection forthwith, to take our place amongst its eulogists--even though in doing so, we might descend to the level of the Globe itself. A stronger proof of disinterestedness, it would, we think, be difficult to offer. Our charge is against the system—not against its regular, or irregular administrators. We denounce the system, because it is " cruel" in its nature, and brutalising in its influences ! It is a system, which has for its object, to confiscate the habitual enjoyments of the labouring poor, in order to extend and to continue the enjoyments of certain ['classes above them—classes, which have a l wa y s oppose d !themselves to the influences of our established institutions— classes which have, openly or secretly, b een engage d i n . making war for twenty years past upon the privileges [ of the Church, the Crown, and the aristocracy— ,as well as upon the comforts of the labouring poor! The new Poor-law system is a cruel system—because it seeks avowedly to trace to the habits of the labouring poor, the derangement which has long been perceptible in some of our most important social relations ! Now, any attempt to restore what political economists, in their wis dom, may be pleased to deem a healthier state, by forcible changes effected at the expense of the labouring poor, must, in the nature of things, involve a frightful measure of cruelty and injustice. If the relations_ of society be dis turbed, let these relations be restored by equal sacrifices on the part of every class ! If a new Poor-Liw be neces sary, to adjust the relative enjoyments of labours in em ployment, and labourers out of employment —a law for regulating the policy of the classes which supply em ployment, and for adjusting the enjoyments of idle coni sumers among the rich—ought to have been submitted' to the Legislature at the same time! If necessaries or luxuries arc to be retrenched, let all classes in the commu l nity suffer in equal proportions ; or rather, let the rich and they idle take upon themselves the required sacrifices, and let thetil labouring poor remain undisturbed in the enjoyment or their few habitual comforts! At all events, let us not . hear of a plan for bringing the labouring poor to "al coarser kind of food"—whilst all other classes are left/ free from the necessity of submitting to corresponding sacrifices! The authors of the new Poor-law have fury ni-hed aley to their system, in the recorded opinion that/ "the unemployed labourer must be rendered less comfort able than the worst-paid,independent labourer." The unem ployed labourer is, in short, under the New Poor-law, to be rendered as uncomfortable as possible, without any pre vious inquiry, whether his being unemployed is attributable to any fault of his own--and without any corresponding in quiry, whether " the worst-paid independent labourer" (by a reference to whose comforts, the unemployed labourer's comforts are to be regulated) receives an honest pricefor his labour ! The system which disreg a rd s th ese t wo i nqu i r i es , and enforces th e principle which we have stated above, is a cruel and a brutal system ; and can never cease to be brutal and cruel in its operations, even although its ad ministration should be committed to the most humane members of society ! The new Poor-law, in short, does not require its innate cruelty to he heightened by any cruelty of disposition on the part of its administrators I The system executes itself, and brings all its inevitable. tendencies into operation, without the necessity of aid from hard-hearted Commissioners, or Overseers! We call the new Poor-law cruel, as we style the factory system cruel, and as we designate the free trade system in all its branches, cruel ! These systems render tens of thousands of the labouring poor miser able—yet if the systems are to escape the charge of cruelty, until the misery in question can he distinctly traced to the acts of individuals engaged in their adminis tration—why the f ac t or y sys t em it se lf may perhaps pretend to he founded on principles as benevolent as those which Lord Brougham claims for the basis of the New Poor law, Lord Brougham?, the Duke of Richmond, and other Noble speakers on Earl Stanhope's motion claimed for their darling system, the merit of " working well" in the south ! It is not unimportant, however, to bear in mind, that in order to secure for the New Poor-law every pos sible facility for " working well," hundreds of families from the agricultural districts in the south were forcibly removed to the manufacturing, districts, and sold to the factory owners ! No partial trial of the Act, in short, will ever fully bring out its atrocious character;: and we trust that England may never be doomed to witness its complete establishment!—Morning Herald. Ot sTockti; ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &e. &c. r...9NT10N : TUESDAY, MARC .I 20. - - - . gurn - zi nh iii - fid Nice n ! . :F.4. }ll, riftlsTA.l..A! „„ . t er ~•:,. 1;411 • pt'l cent. .''=Eton amt (11,11.arn....iiierr4;r.071.195. sb. ri.:, 1.082 41. Aslll.y-de,.l-Zolleil . Avernilic I i :V. F il. 55 1,25i1 ..........,, FiAsinv.4c ..; . 4 1 - e''• .6 I fir, .• 51: • Uteck , ios , c :Ind Abinitairnny,.. ... , . 1,4 , . sn. It 5,1,',?) I.ICA. 9r. r 3. iilrningbaM, 1_ ii;,.l - , sli,a,? ..._•-•,r; •iN 711 . O''' ) 1.000 Dittc and I,:yerpno: .1 unt..t.,.'3o'. :di. Ir 4- ' tql i (l.;11 :,/. Bridgewater and Taunton ....IGI:I. at:. al; pa (ti !on 4/ Chebncr anL', Tack‘..?ater it t‘i. Th. 102 500 vt c,ve,try ... ICf.q. M. 7.5 4.5- . .5 .:: .. 7 ::• t„prittwn -40,..a:i. „It vertTr:fl , ..? '2). I„cd. 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Aver. 191.55. id. sh. 2 •,000sh.1 ''' ~.,- Warwick ald Birmingham !Gash 265 1,00(VA. j IPSO lit. Warwick and Napton lOO/. eh. 200 6,000 4/.os. Woreest , r and Birmingham...A v.78/.81. sh. 11;, 5,000 255. Wilts all , Berks .. Average 671 , 10g. Bd. sh. 2. , 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 74 .yri ....... Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 UO5 It, Wey and Arun ........... llOl. eh. •:72J DOCKS. p.lOO/. sh. 53 1 : 6°° 0 6: 1 8 :h 3 3p. c Commercial 41k4,6671/. 6 per at East India 3,2W,31 - 011. 5145.p.ct. London Stock 57f Ditto ?otitis 99 1,38 0 ,000/. 4V. p. ct. West India Stock UN 2,:'.09 V, I 9s. Bristol t3q,:321/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 100 500,000 di per mot. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 991 Shoreham Harbour 2.500 , .... Deptford I'ier. 2Ol. sh. 20/. p(1 100 i BRIDGES. 1,600 Ifs. Hammer mitt 7,.31 ... ...... Southwark, Old Av. 031. 2s. Bd. sh. . 2 - 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7$ per cent. 5O/. eh. 11 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, 01(1 Annuities of 81. 6O!. pd 19 5,000 ICs. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 104 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,848 17s Vauxhall Av'trage 704 105.3 d. sh. 13 AS`-' , URANt;E COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 5(0. pd 81 50,000 €5 per cent. / Alliance, British & Foreign 1004 sh. 10f,/. pd 13$ and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine .....................100!. sh. 51. pd (' 24,000 $ / per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. W. pd 14 1,200 Ish. 5/. Birmingham hire.,.,...... 2501, sh 551. pd 107$ 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 42 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 504 sh. 54 pd C$ 5,000 5!. per cent. Clerical, Mali ..a1,8,,c. Life, ICOI sh, 21108 pd 4 4,000 2/ 101 County /001• sh. 10 1. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle . 2n ,., r la nd 301 bs. per cent/ Economic Lite ... ....... .....10004 sh. 250/. pd 375 '-' 2,271 Vs.percent. European Li. • 9Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New .... 20/. sh. V. pd If 1,000,0061. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1511 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 34$ 1/),000 Ce. lid. hope 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5 2,100 51. 7s. (id. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 126$ 7,500 Os. Imperial Life... 'Oa sh. In!. pd 10 13,1511 4/. percent_ Indemnity Al irine . WO/. ah. 8/. pi 20 2,0'20 31 108 KCI4t Fire 50/. sh. all pd 9'2 31. Ditto Life 79 10, 1, 00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/, pd 25$ s.ots) IN. London, Fire '251 sh. 121. 103. pd 10 3,900 10s. London, Ship .51 sh. Pd. 10s. pd 16 30,000 5/, per cent. Palladium late 50/. sh. 21. pd 111 8304 50,000 41. per cent. Protector File .0/. sh. 21. pd 17.0 d 2,500 I/. Provident late lOO4 sh. 10!. pd '2O 100,000 58. Rock Life .04 sh. 1/. pd 580,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exch.Aige Stock... 2'3 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5$ 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. Agric and Cumm.of Ireland 251. sh. 10!. pd 14 .5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 02 10,1X103 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham. 5ll. sh. MI. Ixl 13 4.1,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ... .. . .... "...SO/. eh. Si. pd 1 1 0,000 5 percent. London and ‘Vestmlnater...lool sh. 20!. pd 21 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster.....,... ....... ... ........ 100/. sh. 20/. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool... lOOl sh. 10/. pd 23 50,000 7$ per cent Manchester and Liverpool/ Hx) ,.. b. 151 I,v_. 20 Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1004 sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 ...... ... Provincial flank of lreland...loo/. ph. 2..51. pd 41 20,. 00 National Bank of Ireland ...V!. sh. 1711. pd 14$ 10,0; 1 1 5 per cent. National Pr.tvinclal Eng. _lOO/. ph. 351. pd 34 19,060 Gloucestershire 50!. sh. 10/. pd '2O 6,000 10 per cent. Flampshire Slit. eh. 5/. pd V GAS LIGH I AN I) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6.1 Bath 2O/. sb. 111. pd 21 5,000 British lOl. sh. 16/. pd 21 (5/ percen, 5,000 t a ,i' t. d R ,. 5 .. Ditto Provincial `2Ol. sh. 19 d 22$ 928 5! ins Birmingham W. sh. 90 1,250 210 s Bristol 2o' oh. 2.8 1,500 St 104 Brighton -. 7r 2)6 - 7.50 31 IN _ Ato, New 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd 10 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all p 4 17 4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 6311. pd lk) 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh, all p(.l 194 1,000 N. Ditto, New 11,(x)0 • 4/. 10s. Equitable .... .04 pd 341 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/ sh. 45 800 5/ per cent. Isle of Thalia 25/ . s h, 201. pd 20 2,350 0/. per cent. Independent 3O/. eh. all psi 481 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix .... 501. oh. 39/. pd 21 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclifr 100/. sh. 801. pd 55 4,000 South Metropolitan 8,200 5/. per cent. United General W. sh. 401. Pd 291 210 5/. per cent. Warwick W. sh. So 400 10/. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 424 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New . 5( 1. sh. 10/. pd 91 860 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd 9 4 WATER WJII KS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 25/ sh. 251 ;51 214 4,434 61. East London lOOl, sh. 141 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13 100 4 4 1 1 . . o s h il: 4 s ._ t i 2,0,5/ 21. Kent 372 10/. Liverpool !tootle '2'201. B h, 3•-:6 8,460 15°° 2 1/ 1 15s 1° 11 1 1roch a e lv st e e r r j a n n i cTS ° a n if B or r d 1 100/. . h. 87 1,000 1 per cant. South Lothion 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 911. oh. „Dtl 1,360 1/ lls York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. J 5 IRON RAILWAYS. dge Water A n ioo ni i i . ..t s i h e . s 5 5[ 1 !4 6,000 Birmingham and Derby . • ...... 2cl. Pd 18 4 9,5,10 Birmingham and Gloucester .......... 1 5 / , Pd 12 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 1 15,', 4 ) Bristol and Exeter 11/0/ sh. 10 pd 9 0214) Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd el 7,51 5 1 Chelter.ham and G. Western-lee/. sh. 71/ 11 3,000 ... ...... Clarence .. 100/. sh. 100/. pd 4i 12,000 Comraereial 111ackwa11....~ 8,000 Dublin a nd Kilk enny 100/. oh. 21 Pd 21 60,000 Eastern C oun ti es 25/. oh. 5!. Pd .i (rand Junetimi 1001. sh. WV , p 1 181 (treat North of England ~„1 5, 1 ;01 Great Western PC/ sh. 65 '. I' d " 2,000 llartlepool 100/. sh. Ii))! pd 101 8,000 Hull and , elby 501. sh. IN. pd F-1 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 11 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 - , h. 41 1,500 IL ss. Leic es t er and Swann ington ....5011. sh. all pd ,7, (1 _ 5,109 10 percent. Li verpoo l and Manchester-10(LO. lOW. Pd '''' 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares '2sl. pd 6 l 36, 0 00 London and Brighton 501. s h. 86 P 4 101 120)0 20,,90 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "01. sk. 201. pd I . .,: i 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 9 0 1. Pd Ihi Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ p ,l 20,c00 London and Southampton....,OL 5h...5 1 pd 2 4 6 , i ......... Ditto ditto New.. 7010 London and Croydon Trunk 20 1 1. 1 5 . , Ditto Scrip 4 12,000 L on d on G ran d J unct i on 50/. s h. 51. pd ~ 10,000 M anchester and Birmingham-la 11d /. sh. 71. 11 North Midland 100/. sh. '25/ Pd 4 4 .. ..... .. Northe-n and Eastern loo/. sh. 8/. Pd „--1 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/ sh. 3 ' l . Pd " 1 28,C00 South Eastern and Dover 7 l. p d 6 1,000 lot. p ~ er cent. Stockton ~d D a rli ng t on lOO/. sh. 210 9,000 5Ol. sh Thames Havenhs h • .t)1 . 1 1 .. 1 P ,, d 1 Itt 21. 108. I'd 3 1,100 Wc...,tminster and Greenwich 50/. sit. 2/. pd 01 6 , 0 00 ...... ... York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd 132 8 ,000 Albion Copper MINES. 5/. sh. 31/. pd /2 4,018) 1/. So. Alten 151. sh. 121. 10s pd lf 1 0 ,004) ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iso. 5/ pm.... 1 0 01. sh. all Pd Ditto Subscription !).5/. pel 9,000 1 L hot , nos . 10,000 IL 10s Broadtail Imp. iss. 5/. pm. ...... 35/. oh. 201 pii 6,0 , 0 Maca/11;af. & Coc.tes United ...251 sh. 2 1. 1.,z1 11,1.00 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...... -.201. oh. 9/. pd 10,0110 Bolivar Copper Company 20/ sh 2111. pd 111,0010 .... ..... Ditti. Scrip 10/, ob. 84 pd 2,1.000 • British Iron 5 Ol. sh. 501 pd 6,600 ... ...... British Copper 5l. sh. 441.14 Cata Branca... 641. pa Candonga .... 7;/. pd 10,000 I! Copiapo 2O/. sh 1241 pd ~„ 500 ... Colombian, ias4. W. pm. 55/. oh. 501. pd 2,850 31. English 2),)))) General Mining Association...2o/0, 151 pd In 6.155 I ; u ' l ' e: l a h i Mexican l t e ed , r l e u i i :s l (( e fF i l t:tl 3 , ll* :l. Y l i m n r . e 2 g p i s n t e i r i e . :,.1 . 11 : 111;2:hYl):; 1;:. PI:ld 15 1,,50, 545) 1. sh . a ll 1 1: 1 1 jS gl Ditto Loan Notes Dit , t. Scrip 3l Ditto New Scrip 5/ pal 4 LITERARY I NSTITUTIONS. st Cork 501. s' 501. pd 38 • fino London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 224 500 London University 100/. eh. all pd 2:14 , ........ Russell 0 5go King' Colleg e lOOl. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 ir s , Australian Agricultural....loo/ oh. 261/. itd 411 0,0,0 41. per cent. British American Land Company ‘,.',/. !al 13 10 , 00 fit per cent. Canada Company ............... 1001. sh 231. pd 32 2110,0305/, per cent. Upper Canada Lo an 96 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl Ivo° IL 6,, General Steam Navigation ...151. oh. 13/. pd 231 10Lper cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms ......... Av. 75/.. sh l9 8,000 New Brunswick Land Compa , ay ~....13/ 14 10 2,751 5/. per cent. Reversionary IntetestSoe...loo/. oh. 100/ i,d 1301 2,603 5/ per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 7,4, pd 90 4,1,00 Thames Tunnel .50/. oh. all pd 6 10,000 64. Van Die. nen's Land 1001, sh. 171. pd H •0.000 ;o0 :i7 , i 1(4 Ff LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. MARCH 3, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0014 el. p. et. Bank ot Scotland 831. es Bd. sh. all pd 1901. 2,000,0 Xl, 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 15914 300,0001. Bp. ct. Briti,di Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 2n t il. 3,000,0004 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1004 pd 1801. 5.J00,044. .) o. ct. National lool.lh. 10i. pd 16/. R,00.,0001. N. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 7 .y . 4,000,05,0/. 4p. ct. Western ot Scotland 2OOl. sh 304 pd 4 .y . INSURANCE COMPANIES. ..:56.0005h 61 p. ct. ScotOsh Union 201. sh. 14 pd 26, 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules 1004 sh. 10/. pd 131 155. 110r,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 815 s 50,000 6p. ct. North Byitish .2001. sh. 10/. pd 161. Loon sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd NZ Os 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 104 pd 14l ids 100,000 3} p. ct. West ot Scotland lOl, pd ii es 5113CELLANE0 Us. 4,810 Edin, and Gias. Un. Ditto Allocated 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 064 Carron Iron Company 2504 sh. all pd 44/. 2,0;105h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Fourniery ,501.0, 311. pd 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 1131. pd 1,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal GasN S.C. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 'l5O 71 per cent. Leith Coal Ga , 20/. sh. all pd 45/ 1,2(113 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Harvey...sot. s h 8,000 f, per cent. Equitable Loan Company "54 lb. 91. pd 101. DUBLIN. It was shown that the obj - ,TctiWn was founded on a wrong sflidavit—the voter, Keogh, having registered upon another aflidavi;, which was put in by the sitting Members. The vote was declared to he a good one. The vote of Thomas Creevey was next objected to on the same ground of non-paym e nt of " paving and lighting rate." In the cross-examination of the collector in this case it came out, that the greatest irregularity, negligence, and uncertainty prevailed in the mode of keeping the books of the rate—the numbers entered in the books not agreeing wiih the actual numbers of the houses---the dates on the books not agree ing with the dates on the corresponding receipts—and, where there were several persons in the same street of the same sur name, the Christian names not being prefixed, to distinguish them from each other in the tax ledger. It was proved, by the production of receipts, that two persons of the name of Creevey, living in the same street with the voter under con sideration, had paid their rates during the election, and that two only had v,ted, there being several of the name in the street (Blackhall-row). It was announced that the Speaker was at prayers before the Committee had decided, and therefore no decision could be come to until to-morrow, but it was understood to be the opinion of the Committee that the vote was good. KE R R Y. The Committee met at half-past three, for the purpose of exchanging lists in the usual form, Mr. WainuTsoN in the Chair. NEWRY. The Committee met at half-past three o'clock, Sir JOHN YAnHa BULI.F.a in -the Chair, and after the lists were ex ekanged, adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow (this day). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 2i. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. BOROUGH OF EVESHAM. The Deputy Clerk of the Crown attended at the bar, an d amended the return for the borough of Evesham. Mr. PARKER brought up returns from the Poor-law Com missioners. Mr. BROTHERTON brought in a Bill for the recovery of Small Debts in the County Palatine of Lancaster. On the motion of Mr. BARNARD, the Greenwich Rail way Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. BAINES presented five petitions from parishes in Yorkshire, complaining of the restrictive nature of the Fac tory Bill, and praying that children might be allowed to work eleven hours a day, under certain restrictions. Sir A DALRYMPLE presented a petition from a parish in Brighton, complaining of the operation of the Poor-laws in in that place.—Referred to the Committee. Captain PECHELL supported the petition, and trusted the Poor-law Committee would make a special report upon it. Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from Ipswich, praying for the abolition of the Negro apprenticeship system. A number of petitions for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship were presented from Carmarthen by Mr. Mor ris ; from West Mailing, and other places in Kent, by Mr. Hodges; from Walworth by Mr. Briscoe; from congregations in Lambeth, by Mr. Hawes ; and by Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Protheroe, and Mr. Lushington from places of which we could not catch the names. Mr. MONEYPENNY presented a petition from Rye, praying that that borough should not be included in the Boun daries Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Man chester against the Small Tenements Bill. Mr. BODGES presented a petition from West Mailing, Kent, in favour of the Ballot. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Manchester praying for the abolition of the system of Negro apprentice ship. Mr. LITTON presented a petition from an individual re siding in the county of Essex, stating that he had been in the habit of receiving a weekly newspaper, free of postage, until the lst of March last, when two papers which ' reached him were charged with postage although stamped as usual.—(hear.) He made a communication on the subject to the Postmaster-General, but had not as yet received any satisfactory answer. Mr. ROBERT STE U ART said that the Eton. and Learned Gentleman had had the courtesy to communicate to him the contents of the petition before he presented it, and lie had only to repeat in public what he had stated to him in private, that if the petitioner wanted to obtain a satisfactory answer with respect to the subject of his complaint, his communication should have been forwarded to the Treasury. Mr. LITTON then withdrew the petition. Lord DALMENY presented petitions against additional endowments to the Church of Scotland, from the Mayor and Town Council of Dunfermline, from the United Secession Congregation of Inverkeithing, and from the Mayor and Town Council of the Borough of Stirling. Mr. WA KLE Y presented petitions from the working men of Greenock, in favour of Universal Suffrage, repeal of the Corn Laws, short Parliaments, and vote by Ballot; from Preston, in favour of Universal Suffrage; and from the Work ing Men's Association in Middleton, praying for a mitigation of the sentence on the Glasgow cotton-spinners. Mr. HA WES presented four petitions from postmasters, praying for an equalization of the stage coach duty. The Hon. Member also presented a petition signed by a number of his constituents, which stated that although the imputation cast upon the decision of Election Committees had been voted by the House to be a false and scandalous imputation, yet they saw with extreme mortification that no attempt had been made to disprove it. They prayed the House to institute an immediate enquiry into the present mode of conducting Election Committees, and to take suci measures as would in sure the formation of a competent tribunal independent of the House ; in which prayer he (Mr. H.) most cordially con curred. The Turton and Entwisle Reservoirs 13111 was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. GALWAY ELECTION. The SPE A KER acquainted the House that ho had received a report from the Examiners in the case of the Galway elec tion, who had reported that the sureties tendered on the part of the petitioner were, with regard to pecuniary qualification, sufficient in their estimation ; but they had made a special report that one of the sureties, Thomas - Moore Persse, who was a clerk, agent, or manager in a distillery, had been described as an Esquire, and they had reported that that was an improper description. If the matter affected the pecuniary qualification, he (the Speaker) would be imperatively called on to decide; but under the circumstances he thought it right to report the case to the house. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL suggested that the mat ter should be adjourned till to-morrow. Colonel PE RCE V AL said if the only question was whether the man was en Esquire or not, that might be decided at once. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that the Report be printed with the Votes, and taken into consideration to mor-ow. Mr. SHAW submitted whether the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would press the postponement till to-morrow, or whether he would not dispose of the matter now ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL made some observations that were inaudible in the Gallery. Sir E. SUG DEN said that it was out of all question that the House could decide whether a man ;gas an Esquire or not. After a few words from Mr. FeEstipiELo and Mr. BLAKE, Mr. LYNCH said that he had been Advised that the objec tion was a good one under the Act of Parliament, and he had availed himself of it, because he held in his hand two letters from Galway, which stated the person in question was a mere clerk to a di3tiller, receiving 1201. a year, and having no vi sible property at all. As the party came to that House for indulgence, it was competent for the House to grant him (Mr. L.) time to verify these statements upon oath. Mr. SHAW said the Examiner had already reported the security was sufficient, and he believed his lion. Friend op posite had , aritten letters to that gentleman himself describing him as an Esquire. Mr. L YNCH—No, no. Mr. BLAKE said that Mr. Lynch himself had written to the gentleman in question, and addressed him as Perss,; Esq. Mr. LYNCH said that he hal certainly written to Mr. Persse, iticlosing him 25 guineas, as Steward of the Galway races —( A laugh.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that all mankind were Esquires, and he saw no objection to the gentleman in question assuming the title. The conversation then dropped. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, tho order for the Contested Elections Bill was postponed from Friday next, on which day was fixed the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill. In answer to Mr. AGLIONBY, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Quarter Sessions' Bill would be introduced into tbo Home shortly after Easter. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Mr. PLUM PTRE moved the second reading of the Lord's Dav Bill. There was a growing feeling throughout the country on this subject, as was evidenced by the number of peti tions which had been presented since the question was agitated. The measure he had to propose was by no means so extensive in its operation as measures which had been objected to on former occasions. The object of the Bill was to prevent any unnecessary work or labour being done on the Sabbath, but it would not preclude persons from purchasing provisions at cer tain hours of the day.. Mr. M I L NE S said that whatever the House might do with the Bill before thorn, he hoped they rvould not forget the re speCt due to the subject. His own opinion was, that the growing f ee li n g in the public mind would do more to promote the object the Hon. Member tha n any l eg i slat i on on the sub sought by j ec t. It was to be observed, too, that to carry the measure into any practical effect would regoire - a large number of perionto baj employed in enforcing tl;e law, and this would itelf amount to a iiitilltiort tif tie Slilbath. Sir C. STYLE and 11r. A. WHITE supported the 13111. Sir R. INC LIS also expr: .sod htcthope tint the Bill would be permitted t pass. . . Sir E. SUG DEN would support the second reading, in the hope that in Committcc thou Bill eight be rendered nvail.:ble for the purpose of giving eff,ct to the Act of Charles 11. for the pretention of that species of Sunday trading which rn..s pursued only for the profit of the trndcr. As the Bill stood it would not meet with his support, for there were many things in it calculated greatly to inconvenience and annoy the htimhiet Ocsses. Sir S. CANNING slid he should vote for the second read ing of the Bill, and he trusted thqt in the Committee it would be rendered in strict conformity with the principles of the Act of ChaiL-s 11. It was far from his wish to pr,..ss upon the pour tiny rcsulations which did not apply to every ether class of soiety. The lions;then dividc.l, when the numbers were — For the second reading Against it.. Majority -71 The Bill was then reed a Gccond time. CHARITY COMMISSIONERS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. W, BARRON moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. SHAW requested the Hon. Gentleman to postpone his motion in consequence of the great interest that attached to the measure. Lord MORPETH said that having consented to the intro duction of the Bill he could not object to the second reading. The proposition was certainly one of weighty intportanc , , and he hoped the Ilonourable Gentleman would give ample time for its consideration before he moved the committal of the Bill. After a short conversation the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day fortnight. COMMON FIELDS INCLOSUItE BILL. Lord WORSLEY moved the second reading of this Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN considered this as a most dangerous measure. It was one that would infringe on the rights of the poor, as any common could be inclosed if this Bill became law• Ile moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WAK LE Y seconded the motion. After a few words from Sir G. STRICKLAND, the Bill was withdrawn. COMMON FIELDS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Lord WORSLEY moved the third reading of this Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN said this Bill was the train brother of the other, and that it ought to be withdrawn. It might be a Bill for the inclesure of Hampstead Heath. Mr. AG L lONBY suggested that the Bill ought to be post poned for a week. Mr. WAKLEY thought that there ought to be a Com mittee appointed by the House for the examination of all In closure Bills. The motion was then postponed till Wednesday next. IRISH SOLICITORS BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to re gulate the profession of attorneys and solicitors in Ireland. Mr. BAINES moved for a return of the amount of draw backs allowed on the duty of building materials used in the erection of places of public worship in Great Britain, from the sth of April, 1817, to the sth of April, 1837, specifying the allowance made for each edifice.—Ordered. The House then adjourned at seven o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA MENT.-(YESTERDAY.) SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS—(No. 2 ) Mr. ROBERT PALMER in the Chair. Belfast Water Works, No. 1, and Belfast Water Works, No. 2.—This case was by adjournment from yesterday. The CHAIRMAN confirmed the opinion of the Committee, intimated yesterday, viz., that the Standing Orders had not been complied with, so far as the Section did not show the level of the Reservoir, according to the Standing Orders, No. 2, page 22 ; but that the Standing Order, No. 3, page 16, as to showing the surface of the ground, did not apply to this petition, but applied only and solely to Railways. A long argument was entered into relative to the Standing Order, No. 8, page 18, which diracts that where a public work is to be made out of funds already in the hands of the Directors, &c., of any existing public work, a declaration to that effect, under seal, &c., may be substituted, in lieu of a subscription contract. It was contended by the Agent, in opposition to the peti tion, that the parties applying for the Bill were not the Direc tors, &c. ; and also that their funds in hand were not suf ficient, &c. The Solicitor to the Belfast Company distinctly proved that they were the Directors and Trustees of the Funds, and also declared that such funds were adequate for the purposes in tended by the Bill petitioned for. The Solicitor was then cross-examined as to the particular account of the income of the Company. On reference to the Parliamentary Report of the Com mission for examining into the Funds of Corporations in Ire land, it appeared that the gross income of the Belfast Water works Company was about 1,9001., out of which a sum of between one and two hundred pounds was to be deducted for the salaries of a Surveyor Turnkey, &c. But the Company had not received, for the last seven years, more than 7001. or 7501., net income, " in bard cash." The Agent in opposition to the petition contended that this income did not belong to the petitioners, but was actual!) , the property of the town of Belfast ; and that, even if it were proved to be the property of the petitioners, they did not possess the right of appropriating it to the purposes intended by this Bill. The CHAIRMAN expresed his opinion that the petitioners in this case were simply in the same position as trustees under a settlement, and -were consequently bound by the sante rules. Therefore, the only question was, whether they now sought to apply the funds in their possession to the purposes originally granted to them by the Act in existence, or not. The Agent in opposition still contended that the property was not in them, and he proceeded to read sections of the existing Act for their incorporation, which he insisted did not include any such purposes as those to which the funds were now sought to be applied. The Agent for the Bill answered these arguments by others, in which he maintained that the petitioners had not only the right of property in the funds, but the power of applying them, according to the intention of the Bill. The room was then cleared, after which the Chairman an nounced the decision of the Committee that it did not appear to them that the petitioners had proved by their declaration the possession, of a sufficient quantity of property for the pur poses they sought to a-complish ; and that therefore the Stand ing Orders were not complied with ; but, as it appeared from the statement of the agent for the petitioners, that they were in the possession, and had control over other property to a con siderable amount, and which was available to the purposes in tended by their petition, the Committee would hear them upon that point to-morrow. Adjourned accordingly, till one o'clock. to-morrow. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITI)NS(No. 1.) The. Hon. ROBERT CLIVE in the Chair. Exeter Commercial Gas.—Petition for Bill read, for rais ing further sums of money. Petition in Opposition read, on the ground th;it the Standing Orders as to notices had not been complied with. After a lengthened discussion the room was cleared ; after which the Chairman announced the decision of the Committee was, that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. Adjourned until Friday at one o'clock. COMMITTEE ON BILL—(YORK Lord MORPETII in the Chair. Wibsey and Huddersfield Road —Mr. Sergeant Mere weather appeared as Counsel fur the Bill, and Mr. Mitlyard against it. Nothing material took place in the argument .to-day upon this Bill.—Adjourned until to morrow. The Officers of the " Animal's Friend Society" last week caused William Cassey to be fined, by Mr. Jeremy, for cruelty to a horse. One of the officers also charged Charles Harbord, before Alderman Farebrother, with great cruelty to a horse, but unfortunately here the administration of the law was less favourable to animals than its legislation, as the Alderman objected to convict without two witnesses, though our Legislature says offenders shall be convicted on the evi dence of only one. It k, however, but justice to say that the defendant was fined in casts. QUEEN ELIZABETII.--Wc arc requested to state that the new historical work (dedicated by permission to her Majesty), entitled " Queen Elizabeth and her Times ; a Series of Original Letters selected from the Inedited Private Correspondence of the Lord Treasurer Burghley, the Great Earl of Leicester, the Secretaries Walsingliani and Smith, Sir Christopher Hatton, and most of the distinguished Per sons of the Period," in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, is pub lished this day by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street, and may be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also now ready a new edition of " The Duchess of Marl borough's Private Correspondence, illustrative of the Court and Ti me , o f Queen Anne, now first published from the Originals, with her Sketches and Opittioni of her Contem poraries," 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits. Lady Stepney has LYiven th e nove l rea d ers a very charming specimen of her powers in the world of fiction. fler " Courtier's Daughter" skilfully mingles enough of ro mance with the realities of modern life to astonish as well as interest the reader. Whether her Ladyship had any parti cular persons in her eye—and where is there a brighter or a keener?—we cannot say, but in these days of " cap-fitting," we think one or two of the thin-skinned tribe may perhaps find their cheeks burn while they read her pages. —John Bull. On Saturday a large Newfoundland dog belonging to Mr. Groat, of Clapham Park, exhibited strong symptoms of hydrophobia, and in the course of the morning flew at a young woman, who was bitten, and so dreadfully lacerated that she was obliged to be taken to the hospital. The dog immediately nfterwards escaped out of the house, and, turning towards an inclosed ground, inflicted bites on several other dogs that he met of the road. The animal then proceeded to a meadow, where two valuable coach-horses were grazing, both of which he attacked and lacerated in such a dreadful manner that one was obliged to be shot, and the other soon afterwards died. The latter horse was very improperly dragged along by some men from Clapham Park towards Tooting, bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth, and several other dogs were observed licking up the blood as it flowed in the way de scribed. Orders were issued by the Commissioners of Police, on hearing the circumstance, to give notice to persons in that neighbourhood to tie up their dogs. Mr, Groat's dr , g was ultimately killed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME MARca_2o. The Commis,ion of Ais'ze fr•r the county of Sussex was o one 1 bc.‘re yesterday. The calendar of Kent has not pre nned so large a ittnnbcr of prisoners for trial as on the pre sent occasion. The calendar for Sussex is also large, but by Ito:means equal. either numerically, or in the character of the off. noes, tea in the last county. There are fifty-two prisoners for trial here, but the offences, with the exception of one MSe of murfkr, arc those of ordinary occurrence. Slieap-steal ing, which was one of the characteristics of crime to this county appears to have decreased, and to have yielded its superiority in that respect to the county of Kent, in 101 01 there were several prisoners tried for that. offence. The cause ? Pit is also heavy ; there arc sixteen common and two spe cial jury cause • NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-1, A ;VGA STER, MAW( 1 9 . Mr. Justice CoLEnintiF, arrived here from York on Satur day evening, and immediately proceeded to the Castle and opened the Commission of Assize for the northern division of the county of Lancaster. The calendar is not heavy. T ha usual prcipoilit n of m,nslaughters still' disgra-i s the county., there The other offences are larcenies of the ordinary kind, a"ct are two poachinso g cases. In the whole sixteen incra pr stand for trial. There are nineteen causes in the eau paper, but none of them promise to present any point o' ,, P , lic interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. B 0 W- S TREE T. A system of fraud, which has for a considerable time 'Alt been practised in diffeent arts of Lond on by three young fc'" lows Domed Thonison, r Par p kinson, and Cox, was yestcrdal fully exposed at this office. There were eight or nine W e !' against :he parties ; but being all of a similar description , will be sufficient to show the manner in which the fraud VC."' committed if the evidence in one case is given. The property of which they have obtained possession must have been of very considerable value, fur the articles lost by some families al . ° said to have been worth 33/. In the following case Thomson and Cox were openlY charged, but Parkinson was committed in another case. 'Th e y wer. charged with obtaining, on false pretences, a box con taining a large quantity of linen, from the house of Mr. Alfred Brooks, Pall-mall, in the name of \Vm. West, the Hammer smith carrier, to Le conveyed to Mrs. Brotherton, a laundress in Hammersmith. Eleanor Pitchford, servant to Mr. Brooks, stated that about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th no t ; the prisoner Thomson came to her master's house, and as k " for the box containing the linen for Mrs. Brotherton, Wi n g that he had been sent by Mr. West, the carrier. The bl was not ready, but it was filled in the prisoner's presence , a nd given to him. William West, residing in Queen-street, Hammersmith. was in the habit Sof calling every Monday at the hou se Mr. Brooks for the linen for Mrs. Brotherton, and on calla ing as usual on the 12th instant, he was told that his man already taken it away. He never employed any one t o Ca for the box in question. John Poole, residing with Mr. James Basset, 32, — l.e3t Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, stated that the prison _c• a r Cox called at his master's shop on the 12th instant, an pawned three shirts, part of the articles contained in the instant, The prisoners had nothing to say to the charge, and we committed for trial. MARY LE:I3 ONE. Yesterday Sarah Blendon, a laundress, was placed at and bar, charged with having pledged several s h ee t s , shirts,, t ,;'n other things intrusted to her to wash, belonging to uap -1 Channer, of the Bengal Artillery, and M r . Simon, a chemist?, both residing in Albany-street, Regent's-park. A young man, named Hart, in the empl o y o f Mrs. Fn wle ' Ernest-street, at whose shop the property was pawned , 1 1°- duced the articles, which were examined and identified by th° owners. Mr. RAWLINSON (to Hart)—Are any of those thing: marked ?—They arc, Sir. Some of them are mark " Simon," and others with a " C." took Mr. RAwLINsoN—Did you obierve that when you - them in ?—I did, Sir. o Mr. RAVILINSON—Did it not occur to you that it wa s Pj i , - bable the property was not the prisoner's own ?—ft did no t, Mr. RAWLINSON—Did you make any observation to her ty specting the marks —W?—None. Mr. RAWLINSONas it not your opinion that the th ill g s had been given to her to wash ?—I thought they were. g ? Mr. RAWLINSON—How long have you been in the bu sinna —Not a great while, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Do you ever read tha newspapers Sometimes, but not very often. or Mr. RAWLINSON—You perhaps don't know then what . marks the Judges at the Old Bailey have on many occaoslrs . made to pawnbrokers for acting in the manner you h ave n oon , I think if they had been printed and sent as circulars to __ c of the trade some benefit would have arisen. If y ou at a:" road the Act of Parliament you must have been aware th.t o n 'l member of your trade is liable to be heavily fined for taking I I have not in AS pledges property given to a laundress to wash.' the Act. Mr. RAvvt,trisow—What Do you mean to say that you don't know the Act by which your trade is governed ?--i can't say that I've read it through. We knew the prisone r well from her coming frequently to the shop, and there WO no reason for us to suppose that there was anything wrong. Mr. RAwuiNsoN (to the prisoner)—What have you to sal for yourself ? Prisoner—l was compelled to pawn the things , Sir, but it was my intention to have redeemed them. Th e fact is, Sir, pawnbrokers get almost enough by laundresses in the course of the year to pay all their expenses, and the in terest which I have already paid'at this shop has brought ti t° completely to ruin. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the witness)—l suppose you'll bayen objection to give up the property ? Witness_ I'm no t autho rized to do so. Mr. RAWLINSON—It's a very gross case as regards yoursobwall misconduct, and if you refuse to give the property up I , ai d certainly feel it my duty to see that an information be 1 against you. You'll then suffer severely. and The witness, after some hesitation, restored the pledges, tr, was about to walk away, when lie was called back b y l as RAWLINSON, who said, " Young man, you were walking ° Be n if you were ashamed of yourself, and I hope you are so. t he cautious for the time to come, or you'll find your name in body of a bill at the old Bailey, instead of on the back." the The prisoner was fined M. and double the value 01 ' cc i property pawned. In default of payment she was comm to prison. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Choir o n ' Pimlico, and the surrounding neighbourhood was be ld n„, Tucsday evening l a st, pur sua nt to n o ti ce , a t the Royal pital Tavern, near Chelsea College, for the purpose of petitio jog the Committe e o f th e H ou se of CO mmons , no w sitting S s ' : improvements in the metropolis, with a view that the O a d s leading from 13uckin g h a m P a lace, through Chelsea, tow Battersea and Fulham, may be widened and generally 151" proved, many parts o f th e m b e ing very narrow and dangcronts,o and in their present state presenting great obstruction s business and all commercial intercourse. fo THE PRECIOUS META LS.—The exportati; on gold and silver coin from the port of London to foreign ports, during the p a st we e k, ending 20th inst., is 45 unde r , 1 / 4. „ -- ; Gold coin to N e w York, 26,140 ounces; silver ditto to '— York, 4,137 oz. ; British West Indies, 460 oz. ; BONS' 3,000 oz. ; Swan River, 5,000 oz. ; Van Diemen's Land, 4,300 oz. --:------ PATENT LEVER W ----- ----- --- .AYAI: H b ' ' With silver double-bottom cases .c6 6 0 With silver hunting cases 6 16 This celebrated construction (the most. accurate 011 whici! watch can be made) is off ere d, with the l a t es t improvementi. i. e. the detached esc a p emen t, j ewe ll e d i n f our h o ; es , ca 1 , 50 hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining r to continue going while winding up, at the abo ve p r i ce , by T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London, (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street.) N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchang BIRTHS. -et, On the 18th inst., Mrs. George M'Cormick, Frederick -st r e et? Mecklenburgh- square, of a son. are, On the 19th inst., Mrs. A. C. Hippon, of Charterhoute-Sq" of a daughter. On the 20th inst., in Glocestcr-place, the wife of E. W .r l't Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 14th inst., at Great Gransden Vicarage, Hants, the 144 of the Rev. F. Le Grice, of a son. J• On the 14th inst., in Upper Whnpola•street, the lady Sa'otnons, Esq., of a son. At Dulwich, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Courage, of a son. id, On the 14th inst., at Brighton, the lady o f Charles Th om Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at Southampton, Charles Tyrrwhitt,..l"ci' Esq., to Jane Maria, daughter of John Clerk, Esq. 'sides On the 20th inst., William Woxen Hooke, Esq., of Lymington, Plants, to Persis, second daughter of the late J. Esq., of Blackheath. . . On the 20th inst., at the parish ch urc h o f St. George's, Moony. bury, the Rev. J. S. Sergrove, LL. 8., R ec t or o f the parish of 1 , „ Mary Somerset, Upper Thames- str ee t, an d a l so o f tooling. W. nela,, Rochester, to Margaret, eldest d aug h ter o f t h e R ev . N. I ) l ° se '' LL.D., of Bloomsbury. Woo(Auen, _____...-- DIED. • is On the 26th of D ecem b er last, at sea, on board her 315 . 1 " - ship " Etna," of the ;yellow fever, Mr. Robert. William Saunders, aged 18, eldest son of Robert J. Saunders, of Eltham, Esq. 1 At Hastings, on the 14th inst., aged 73, Lieutenant -Genera Mill , r,.Director- General and a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery. , On the 20th inst., in Newington-crescent, Jessie Lawson, shirt daught er of Sir. J. Wright, jun., of Stone, near Greenhithe , Ke n aged 18 months. On the 19th inst., in Piccadilly, Lieutenant-General Sir Edwar d Barnes, G. C. B. , M. P., &c., aged 62. On the 14th inst., aged 68, at Upper Banchory, Aberdeenshirere: John G arvoc k , E sq., l ate M a j or and Ass i stant- Ad ju tant -Gen a l to the Forces. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Thomas Lovell, of Red Lion-street, Holborn, aged 59. On the 13th inst., at Steyning, aged 26, Thos. Groome Mat• thew, eldest son of the late Captain Hare. , ht At St. Helen' s , near C o ck ermou th, on the Bth ult. , aged ig years, Ad e l a id e F rances , secon d d aug h ter o f M a jor Steel, of tne Bengal Army. On the 19th inst., Hetty, relict of Win. Bazire, Esq., of ton, Essex, aged 79. London ; Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG, of 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of bliddlesex.—Thursday, March 22, IE3B.